Altenburg v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR. TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. Nos. 436, 437 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 44 September Term 1888, Q. S. At September Term 1888, tlie grand jury returned as true bills three indictments preferred against John W. Altenburg, a farmer; one, charging him with the offence of selling liquors on Sunday; another, in four counts charging him with furnishing liquor to men of known intemperate habits; and a third, in four counts charging him…
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ERROR. TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. Nos. 436, 437 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 44 September Term 1888, Q. S. At September Term 1888, tlie grand jury returned as true bills three indictments preferred against John W. Altenburg, a farmer; one, charging him with the offence of selling liquors on Sunday; another, in four counts charging him with furnishing liquor to men of known intemperate habits; and a third, in four counts charging him with furnishing liquor to men visibly affected with intoxicating drink. The defendant was tried upon the indictment for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
The defendant below was not the keeper of a. hotel or restaurant, bnt a farmer. He was indicted and put on trial for furnisMng spirituous, vinous, malt, or brewed liquors to persons visibly affected by intoxicating drink. The indictment was *611drawn under the act of 1887 known as the high license law, which makes it a misdemeanor to furnish liquors by gift, sale, or otherwise, to persons visibly affected.
It is true that the general provisions of the act of 1887 relate to and are designed to regulate the sale of liquors by the various classes of venders known to the…
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